The Management Accountant - March 2024
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MARCH 2024
INSIDE
JUNE VOL 56 NO.06 `100
MARCH VOL 59 NO.03 `100
COVER STORY
SIGNIFICANCE OF NETWORKING
AND COLLABORATION FOR
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN INDIA ---- 18
AATMANIRBHAR NAARI FOR
AN AATMANIRBHAR BHARAT
(Self-Reliant Woman for a Self-Reliant India) ---- 22
WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION:
MILESTONES ACHIEVED AND YET TO BE ACHIEVED ---- 25
BRIDGING THE DIGITAL GENDER DIVIDE: A CRITICAL MILESTONE
ON THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ---- 29
‘DIGIT-ALL’: TO OVERCOME THE DIGITAL GENDER DIVIDE ---- 34
EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN INDIA TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES
THROUGH DIFFERENT GOVT SCHEMES TO MAKE INDIA
‘ATMANIRBHAR’ ---- 38
ROLE OF WOMEN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS
IN THE SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ---- 42
DO SHGs LEAD TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT?
SUMMATIVE EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED BLOCKS
OF PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT,
WEST BENGAL ---- 46
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MSME:
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ---- 52
INTERVIEW
CMA Arti Patil
Managing Director and CEO
Saraswat Co-operative Bank Ltd., Mumbai ................. 56
DWINDLING CLIMATE FINANCE:
A CONCERN TO ACHIEVE CLIMATE ACTION TARGETS .......... 58
SUSTAINABILITY LEAF
From the Editor’s Desk
President's Communique
Chairman’s Communiqué
(Journal & Publications Committee)
ICMAI-CMA Snapshots
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) -
July - 2023
Down the Memory Lane
News from the Institute
Statutory Updates
Guidelines for Members under
Continuous Professional Education
(CPE) 2024
Advisory for Renewal of
Certificate of Practice for 2024-25
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THIRD PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT:
A PERSPECTIVE
IS ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING PRACTICES
AFFECTING INVESTORS PERCEPTION?
AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
RISK MANAGEMENT
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FUTURE OF THE
"MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT CAREER"
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT
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FORENSIC ACCOUNTING EDUCATION:
CHALLENGES, BENEFITS AND PEDAGOGICAL
APPROACHES
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
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SUSTAINABLE ECO-TOURISM AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY BASED ON
CHILAPATA FOREST AND JALDAPARA NATIONAL
PARK, ALIPURDUAR, WEST BENGAL
CASE STUDY
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ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
PRESIDENT
CMA Ashwin G. Dalwadi
president@icmai.in
VICE PRESIDENT
CMA Bibhuti Bhushan Nayak
vicepresident@icmai.in
COUNCIL MEMBERS
CMA (Dr.) Ashish Prakash Thatte, CMA Avijit Goswami, CMA Chittaranjan Chattopadhyay,
CMA Harshad Shamkant Deshpande, CMA (Dr.) K Ch A V S N Murthy, CMA Manoj
Kumar Anand, CMA Navneet Kumar Jain, CMA Neeraj Dhananjay Joshi, CMA Rajendra
Singh Bhati, CMA Suresh Rachappa Gunjalli, CMA T C A Srinivasa Prasad, CMA (Dr.) V.
Murali, CMA Vinayaranjan P, Ms. Anita Shah Akella, Shri Jyoti Prakash Gadia, Shri Inder
Deep Singh Dhariwal, CS (Dr.) Shyam Agarwal, Shri Sushil Kumar, IAS (Retired)
Secretary
CMA Kaushik Banerjee
secy@icmai.in
Senior Director (Studies, HR & Admin Kolkata)
CMA (Dr.) Debaprosanna Nandy
studies.director@icmai.in
Senior Director (Membership)
CMA Arup Sankar Bagchi
membership.director@icmai.in
Director (Examination)
Dr. Sushil Kumar Pareek
exam.director@icmai.in
Director (Finance)
CMA Arnab Chakraborty
finance.director@icmai.in
Additional Director (PR Corporate, Public Relation & Admin-Delhi)
Dr. Giri Ketharaj
admin.hod@icmai.in, pr.hod@icmai.in
Additional Director (Tax Research)
CMA Rajat Kumar Basu
trd.hod@icmai.in
Additional Director (Career Counselling and Placement)
CMA (Dr.) Sumita Chakraborty
career-counselling@icmai.in
Additional Director (PD & CPD)
CMA Nisha Dewan
pd.hod@icmai.in
Additional Director (Technical)
CMA Tarun Kumar
technical.addldir1@icmai.in
Additional Director (Infrastructure)
CMA Kushal Sengupta
Infrastructure.hod@icmai.in
Director (Discipline) & Additional Director
CMA Rajendra Bose
discipline.director@icmai.in
Additional Director (Journal & Publications and Board of Advanced Studies &
Research)
CMA Sucharita Chakraborty
journal.hod@icmai.in
Additional Director (BFSI)
CMA Dibbendu Roy
bfsi.hod@icmai.in
Joint Director (Information Technology)
Mr. Ashish Tewari
it.hod@icmai.in
Joint Director (Internal Control)
CMA Indu Sharma
intcontrol.hod@icmai.in
Joint Director (Legal)
Ms Vibhu Agarwal
legal.hod@icmai.in
Joint Director (CAT)
CMA R. K. Jain
cat.hod@icmai.in
Joint Director (International Affairs)
CMA Yogender Pal Singh
intlaffairs.hod@icmai.in
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METAMORPHOSIS OF COST REPORTING
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